Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Union

Municipality: Limestone township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,990

Household (median)                                               26,523

Family (median)                                                  28,424

  Married couple families (mean)                                 36,699

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          14,199





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            12.4

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                71.7

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            15.2

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            16.1

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                21.0

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            28.6

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 23.4





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 31

  Elementary or High School                                         279

  College                                                            21



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              37.8

  High school grad (%)                                             62.2

  College grad (%)                                                 13.5





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    679

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           29.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 28.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          1.9

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 4.6

  Mean Income                                                     9,477

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                28.3

  Mean Income                                                    35,091

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            67.1

  Mean Income                                                    39,782

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    301

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.7

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    144

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.2





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   17.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           13.7

  Service (%)                                                      14.6

  Farming (%)                                                      13.7

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             11.5

  Labor (%)                                                        29.3





Source:        Census of Population and Housing, 1990: Summary Tape File 3

Prepared by:   The Pennsylvania State Data Center, Penn State Harrisburg

Date Prepared: December, 1996